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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1959
Page
1
The Elgin Echo Dial is a weekly newspaper printed every Thursday in Elgin Iowa Fayette County. It lists owners Hermen and Bartunek and was entered as second class mail matter September 1 1891 at the Elgin post office under the 1852 act.
The Elgin Lutheran Women's Mission Society met June 25 in the church. Hostesses included Mdms. Pearl Johnson and others. A cradle roll program awarded certificates to many children and new transfers joined the cradle roll. A play and songs were performed. The next meeting on July 16 will feature a silent auction.
Mary Francis Brackin and Gus Pappas exchanged vows in a double ring ceremony at the Little Brown Church Nashua at 3 00 p m on Sunday July 5 The bride wore a beige sheath dress with empire waist and lace panels and carried a white Bible with rose corsage while maid of honor Mrs Donald Buckman wore pink and best man Grenger Cedar Falls dressed in black The Brackin family hosted a reception back in Elgin with attending relatives and friends and music from Arland Waters Cedar Falls during the celebration
Charles Wenger and bride, joined by attendants Mrs. C B Schori Mrs Lea Schori Mrs Donald Gilson Mrs Wayne Gilson Mrs Thomas Pollock and Mrs Cletus Bird, hosted by Russell Wenger. Guests included Nancy Wickler and Monona serving punch, Gary Albers and Beverly Benson cutting the cake, Ralph Matt in charge of guest book, Donald Buckman photographer. The bride wore a blue sheath dress with white accessories. The couple, graduates of Iowa State Teachers College, will teach in Maquoketa Valley schools and reside in Earlville after August 1.
Elgin locals report visits to Waterloo Danville Monticello and Cedar Falls with family friends and wedding events. Various couples and relatives hosted dinners suppers and weekend stays across Waterloo Volga Dubuque Monticello and Decorah areas.
Frieden Olson wed June 28 at St Pauls Methodist Church Elgin in a candlelit service officiated by Rev Don Caspers. The bride LeAnna Frieden wore nylon organza with a bouffant skirt and pearl details. groom Elliott Olson from Clermont. Reception for 300 followed with family, guests from multiple towns, and a westward wedding trip.
In Elgin at the First Baptist Church on June 28 at 2 00 p m Karen Schroeder daughter of Mr and Mrs Archie Schroeder Ge mont and Alvin Stewart Army son of Mr and Mrs Fred Stewart Oelwein wed in a ceremony led by Rev Eldon Schroeder The altar held pink and yellow gladiolus white hydrangea and white candelabras with lavender and white candles Nuptial music by Mrs Eugene Heldt accompanied by Alfred Jacob The bride wore a white chantilly lace gown with a silk illusion veil and carried pink and white carnations and stephanotis Beverly Green was maid of honor and Mary Stewart bridesmaid in matching white silk organza dresses with lavender bows They wore net headpieces and carried pink carnation bouquets Naomi Jacob the flower girl wore white nylon and a lavender summer belt Bruce Jacob was the ringbearer James Stewart and Kenneth Schroeder attended the groom Ushers Leland Laird and Robert Shaw wore white jackets and dark trousers A reception followed at the church parlor
Decorations in lavender and white set the scene for a wedding. The bride, a bookkeeper at Wardell's Chevrolet in Oelwein, and the bridegroom, a former news reporter at KOEL also in Oelwein, plan to reside in Clermont and Oelwein after July 5. He will depart for Alaska where he will be stationed.
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